David Hume. Study of Human Nature
David Hume was born in 1711 in Edinburgh to a family of impoverished Scottish landowners. Having lost his father early, he was left in the care of his mother, who devoted herself entirely to her children. Hume was destined to become a lawyer, but from a young age he was drawn to literary activity and philosophy. He was fond of reading moralistic works. While paying tribute to the wit of classical authors, Hume at the same time drew attention to the arbitrariness and hypothetical nature of their systems. And he became confident that he would be able to change the situation and say a new word in “moral philosophy”.